Fable Lately

She has Elmo-radar. If there is an Elmo, she will find it, "Ehl-mo! Ehl-mo! Ehl-mo!" She carries around her very own little Elmo everywhere, and he sleeps with her every night.

I sneeze and she says, "Wesh-shoe!" She sneezes and she says, "Wesh-shoe!"

She knows six animal sounds: dog, cat, cow, horse, sheep and snake.

She'll carry her dirty diaper to the trash can and throw it away. She turns around and claps, so pleased with herself.

She closes her eyes for a few seconds as we pray before dinner, and says, "Aaaa-men!"

She signs, more, please, thank you, all done and water. Her signs for water and thank you look an awful lot like blowing kisses.

She can identify eyes, nose, mouth, ears, feet and head.

She puts her fingers together and raises her arms when I sing The Itsy-Bitsy Spider.

She steals my lip balm and hides it behind her back. She swipes the stick over her lips like mama.

Every day she is changing. She says a new word, responds to me, mimics me. She learns something new, discovers something new, delights in something new.